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February 17, 2009 10:57 AM   Subscribe

6x4x2 wheel configuration with Ackermann steering and hybrid live-axle suspension. Telescoping boom. Impressive 1kg lifting capacity.

Jennifer Clark builds amazing things with lego.
posted by 7segment (13 comments total) 16 users marked this as a favorite
 
Wow, some of these photos I have to look really closely to see if it has studs. I love the explanations too.

Another incredible builder I found (via his YouTube videos) is foxbox. Not much info on how the devices work, but still amazing.
posted by DU at 11:07 AM on February 17, 2009 [1 favorite]


Not Lego, but related in the magnificent obsession sense: Jerry Brown : A scale steam crane fulfills a lifetime desire to own and run one
posted by boo_radley at 11:13 AM on February 17, 2009


Amazing though this crane is, I don't think it could pick up my eyes and put them back in my head.
posted by CynicalKnight at 11:24 AM on February 17, 2009


This is incredible.
posted by fusinski at 11:50 AM on February 17, 2009


Holy fuck. THat gear train is blowing my mind.
posted by notsnot at 12:50 PM on February 17, 2009


Legos sure have come a long way since I was a kid. That crane is a thing of beauty.
posted by pombe at 12:52 PM on February 17, 2009


Great post. I sent this to some engineer colleagues, just to enjoy the sight of them drooling and turning green with envy when they read their e-mail in the morning.
posted by ghost of a past number at 12:56 PM on February 17, 2009


Ackermann steering? That's a lot of blocks!
posted by erniepan at 1:11 PM on February 17, 2009 [1 favorite]


Oh my, this is quite awesome.
posted by Vindaloo at 1:30 PM on February 17, 2009


My nephew would destroy that in 10 seconds.
posted by pr0digal at 3:22 PM on February 17, 2009


She truly has great talent. Speaking as someone who spent most of his childhood building very complex mechanisms with technical lego.
posted by mdoar at 4:06 PM on February 17, 2009


My heavens. But I hope she doesn't become a chef....
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 6:14 PM on February 17, 2009


The descriptions of each component are mind-blowing in their specificity. Unbelievably great.
posted by eamondaly at 8:15 PM on February 17, 2009


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